Exam 20: Confronting the Nursing Shortage

The manager's leadership style was found to be a significant predictor of nurses' job satisfaction (Duffield et al., 2007; Weberg, 2010) and retention of nurses. Weberg's study showed significant increases in satisfaction and well-being with decreasing burnout and overall stress in staff nurses when which of the following leadership styles was used?

According to McHugh et al. (2008), a major barrier to the recruitment of IENs has been related to:

The strongest predictor of nurses' identification with the organization is:

The newest approach to orienting is referred to as:

The total number of nurses who left a unit in 1 year divided by the total number of nurses employed on that unit is the _____ rate.

The nursing shortage cycles over the past few decades have been primarily driven by factors including which of the following (select all that apply)?

Inappropriate or illegal questions that should be avoided during the interview include which of the following examples (select all that apply)?

Marcy, the medical surgical unit manager, has promised her staff a pizza party if they reduce their patient fall rates by 10%. This is an example of what type of leadership?

The replacement of nonretained staff and the hiring of staff to fill newly created and/or expanded positions is called:

The term for the number of people who report directly to a single manager and encompass the functions of planning, organizing, and leading is the:

Nursing jobs need to be developed that increase nurses' professional:

In 2008, the average age of the registered nurse (RN) population was _____ years.

A situation in which the demand for employment of nurses (how many nurses employers would like to employ) exceeds the available supply of nurses willing to be employed at a given salary is known as a nursing:

Transformational leadership includes a number of traits, such as charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and:

In the context of a nurse shortage, recruitment is a major human resources strategy. List the nine major processes or phases of recruitment in the appropriate order. A) Selecting B) Orienting C) Screening D) Advertising E) Interviewing F) Position posting G) Staff development. H) Counseling/coaching I) Performance evaluation

Stacy has been asked by the corporate financial officer to report on the current organizational costs for nurse turnover. To determine the cost of nurse turnover, Stacy should review (select all that apply):

The United States recruits more internationally educated nurses (IENs) than any other country. As of March 2008, the largest group of IENs in the United States is from:

Using the targeted interview ensures that all candidates are interviewed based on the same criteria. The targeted selection process is built on (select all that apply):

A shortcoming that needs to be addressed related to the advertising of open nursing positions is:

A mechanism for giving feedback related to progress to employees-new and experienced-is called: